MacOS, Permissions, local Apache servers, headaches, etc.

[joshuadbooth]

Ok... here's the setup

I'm on a Mac Powerbook with OS 10.4 with php enabled in the local webserver. I can go to http://127.0.0.1/phptests and successfully run php files. Here is my dilemma: I'm trying to get a phpscript to write to a local file using fwrite("folders.txt", $folder); The problem is it always gives me an error, saying it can't write to the file. I have absolutely no idea what to do now. If I upload all the necessary files to the web, it works fine. I tried entering a chmod command but it won't let me do that. Any suggestions on how to get this to work locally?

here's my code:  the $folder variable gets its info from a flash movie, and works correctly. It just won't write locally.
[code]<?php
$folder= $_POST['folder'];
$filename = "folders.xml";
$fh = fopen($filename, "w") or die("can't open file");
fwrite($fh, $folder);
fclose($fh);
?>
[/code]

[ShogunWarrior]

[code]
<?php
echo(is_writeable("folders.xml"));
[/code]
Tell us the result, if it's 1 then the file should be able to be written to, if nothing is displayed then proper permissions are not there.

[joshuadbooth]

that's the problem... it's registering a 0 for is_writable when on my local host, and 1 when it's on the remote host. I need to figure out how to get it to work on the local host.

[ShogunWarrior]

I know nothing about Mac, can you access the folder/file visually and see if there's a Read-Only or equivalent setting. Sometimes I had the problem on my local Windows install and so I found it was set Read-Only.